A loosely written new federal requirement that by May 21 all public pools must be outfitted with permanent wheelchair lifts — if readily achievable — has caused confusion among local hotel operators.

A looming deadline for hotels to install permanent lifts on all their pools and Jacuzzis to accommodate disabled guests is becoming a growing source of aggravation for many U.S. hoteliers. But to Irv ...

Robin Taylor, an owner at the Brigantine Aquatic Center whose facility purchased a lift in anticipation of the regulation, said she believes the lift likely will sit unused, not because the center ...

Advocates for the disabled are calling for a boycott of certain hotel companies, saying the lodging industry is attempting to undermine equal access to hotels’ swimming pools. A federal regulation ...